Lovely little coworking space nestled in a small street filled near Rossio and Bairro Alto. Great value for the rates we paid. Key feature: They offer weekly coworking passes that give you 24/7 access to the space. As someone traveling and wanting to work New York/US Eastern Time hours, this was very useful. My Airbnb was nice, but had some wifi issues. The space has lots of large windows with nice natural light, but also some areas sheltered from that if you prefer a more controlled setting. I was here for seven working days, and it's nearly full early in the week. After hours, there are some people who hang around even around 10pm, as people seem to be syncing with different time zones. Wifi: Strong and reliable, about as good as any office wifi. That said, my friend who uses Microsoft Teams with VPN via her East Coast company had some occasional hangs in video calls, but nothing that seriously affected her work or conversations. Might have just been her laptop or VPN, not sure. I ran speed tests, and even when the coworking space was full of people on laptops and phone booths completely full of people on laptop calls, I was seeing 60-ish Mbps download/60-ish Mbps upload; plenty for my own video calls and other stuff. When it's less busy, I've seen it around 140/100 Mbps. Numerous styles of seating available, including high-top counter seating, couches, and couch + small table ("Flex Desk"); proper desks with lockable drawers ("Fixed Desk"), and private offices, which were enclosed spaces with a long table suitable for 2, maybe 3 workers, with glass walls/doors, so no visual privacy, but definitely acoustic privacy. Phone Booths: They have to be booked with the onsite community manager, but there are five of them, and they are the largest phone booths I've ever seen, and are nicely decorated. A couple of them are large enough to fit two people if you need to have a larger meeting. Amenities: Kitchen area with mugs, plates, cutlery, and free coffee/tea, some small packaged snacks of small crackers and biscuits. A kitchen table for eating. One issue I had was with the onboarding process, which took a moderate time to do, and the after-hours access, which involved a fingerprint scanner, which I had issues getting to work for me. That said, they sometimes have key cards they can hand out to you. Bathrooms: Plenty of unisex stalls, never a line, and generally clean and functional. read more

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